Police arrest second suspect in home invasion case

Officers arrested a second suspect Wednesday afternoon in connection with a home invasion over the weekend and were investigating if there were any links between the suspects and a string of other recent violent crimes in Lubbock.

The victims were able to identify both Sauceda-DeLeon and Perez out of a photo spread. The robbers forced their way into a duplex in the 4800 block of 66th Street late Sunday morning, Stevens said.

Police found stolen property from the home invasion inside Sauceda-DeLeon's house, located in the 2100 block of 51st Street.

Stevens said investigators didn't believe the suspects and victims knew each other.

Sauceda-DeLeon and Perez are accused of forcing their way into the duplex, holding three people at gunpoint and robbing them.

According to court documents, the two threatened the residents and made them lie on the floor. A woman told police one of the men put a gun up to her face and then held it to the back of her head.

One man said he first refused to lie on the floor, but complied after one of the suspects pointed a gun at him.

The suspects entered the residence after knocking on the door and one of the occupants answered, according to court documents.

The robbers came to the house about 45 minutes earlier, asking for someone who didn't live there, court documents show.

There was a similar string of home invasions in March, where men, some of whom were described as young and Hispanic, knocked on the doors and barged into the residences with guns.

Stevens said police don't yet know if the two teens could be connected with the March invasions or the string of violent crimes in recent weeks, including another home invasion, a few robberies and a carjacking where one person was shot.

Sauceda-DeLeon and Perez were being held in the Lubbock County Jail on Wednesday evening, according to jail records.